In June 2016 the Official Journal of the European Union published the ”Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1017 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of European Parliament and the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards inorganic ammonium salts“.

End of March 2016 the British Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) published new criteria for the international sustainability evaluation of buildings (BREEAM International New Construction 2016 – NC 2016). These replace the former evaluation scheme that has been on the market since 2013.

Dear ladies and gentlemen, last week we informed you at this place about the latest DIBt (German Institute for Structural Engineering) statement of Dec 2015, concerning the future of national technical approvals after the CJEU’s judgment of Oct 2014.

Dear ladies and gentlemen, with this first customer info of the new year 2016 we would like to inform you about the new statement by the )about the legal position concerning after the CJEU’s judgment of Oct 16, 2014 which can be summarised as follows:

eco-INSTITUT on the recent comment from the German Institute for Structural Engineering (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik – DIBt) on the European Court of Justice’s judgment from Oct 16, 2014 and its related impacts on national technical approvals 

In Jan 2015 the updated M1 Protocol for Chemical and Sensory Testing of Building Materials was published. From this version on office furniture are considered. Further the loading specification and VOC measurement specification have been updated.